On this day: March 26, 1961

Mrs. Victor (Virda Lair) Tarr, 18, was valedictorian of the 1961 Benton High School Class with a 3.88-point grade average which may become a 3.89 average by year's end. "Marriage certainly hasn't hurt Virda scholastically," commented Principal Robert Cole.

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